Maintainer of Lottie for Android here. The vast majority of work on Lottie has been a passion project on nights and weekends. This particular contribution is actually the rare exception.
> The vast majority of work on Lottie has been a passion project on nights and weekends.
That's sad. That's really, really sad. I get why you would like to work on such a project, but it's got considerable value for AirBnB. Your work doesn't go to the "community", it goes to a large, unscrupulous, unethical money factory.
1. It’s open sourced, so it goes to both. Either AirBnB sponsor the build and promote it, or the community builds it and AirBnB uses it. I’m not sure why the latter would be better than the former. It’s better for the world than companies keeping all their libraries closed source.
2. AirBnB’s backing probably gives it more reach because it’s more likely to be maintained.
3. It’s up to the OP where they spend their time. I’m guessing they’re compensated in multiple ways for their efforts.
I’m all for calling out negative behaviour by big tech when I see it, but kneejerk “big company bad” type reactions are counter-productive.
I used to work for Airbnb. When I left, I lost a few things like admin settings on the repo but they let me maintain it. Not sure what would happen if they didn’t… Nobody there has the time or context to do anything more than a rubber stamp.
tgv|3 years ago
That's sad. That's really, really sad. I get why you would like to work on such a project, but it's got considerable value for AirBnB. Your work doesn't go to the "community", it goes to a large, unscrupulous, unethical money factory.
blowski|3 years ago
2. AirBnB’s backing probably gives it more reach because it’s more likely to be maintained.
3. It’s up to the OP where they spend their time. I’m guessing they’re compensated in multiple ways for their efforts.
I’m all for calling out negative behaviour by big tech when I see it, but kneejerk “big company bad” type reactions are counter-productive.
blowski|3 years ago
gpeal|3 years ago